by Eryn Reddell Wingert | Photos by Welcome Home RGV Team Welcome Home RGV is all about promoting the Rio Grande Valley to Winter Texans. The RGV has been welcoming winter visitors since the 1920s. So how does one become a Winter Texan? Dozens of cities and small towns make up the Rio Grande Valley,…
by Ruth Filz, Palm Gardens RV Park Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan Monthly, ladies from Palm Gardens RV Park in Harlingen head out in the Valley, looking for new places to enjoy lunch, then venturing off to visit some of the wonderful attractions the Valley and the Island have to offer. In February, the…
Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan The theme for this year’s fundraiser at Breeze Lake Mobile Home and RV Campground in Brownsville was Pay It Forward. The third annual event, hosted by Breeze Lake and Sunset Palms RV and Mobile Home Park, also in Brownsville, was held March 1. The fun began with a social…
Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan Friday, February 16, Paradise Resort Estates in Pharr held its annual in-house Spaghetti Dinner and Charity Auction. It was organized and hosted by our Community Outreach Group. The results exceeded all of our hopes and expectations. Over $11,400 was raised, our best to date! These monies will be divided…
by Ace Moore, Winter Texan at Palm Resaca Park, sharing An American Valentine Story Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan The Beginning of a Timeless Romance Dan O’Connell met Kathy in 1952 in La Grange, Illinois, a suburb just outside Chicago. His family lived only two blocks from hers. One afternoon, 11-year-old Dan was climbing…
Submitted by Ace Moore, resident of Palm Resaca Park, who recently attended a holiday cookie decorating event hosted by Misty. The event was fantastic, especially when experiencing holiday cookie decorating with Misty, making it memorable. Special to Welcome Home Winter Texan A Manager Who Does It All At Palm Resaca Park in Brownsville, we are…
by Ric Cavazos Dawn Mundt is new to Mission and the Rio Grande Valley, and first impressions are of a place that will keep her in South Texas. “You feel like you belong here,” Mundt said as she prepared to play at a musical jam session at Chimney Park RV Resort in Mission. “We’ve felt…
When asked ‘Why choose the R.G.V.?’ Karen Price simply states, in her distinct southern drawl, “It’s just fun!” In 1999, after retiring from teaching, Karen and her husband, Jerry, left their home state of North Carolina to travel by R.V. During a stop in Nova Scotia, Canada, they met a couple who raved about South Texas. “They told us we had to come down here; we had no clue.” The Prices came down in 2001, spent three winters here, and eventually became permanent residents, also known as Converted Texans.
by Eryn Reddell Wingert Photos courtesy of the Ed Martens Senior Texans Softball League “One quick thing,’” Rosy Franks said as our interview wrapped up. “I want to tell you about my softball glove.” Franks, 68, began playing softball at 18 in a parks and recreation league. When she broke her finger at 40, she…
by Eryn Reddell Wingert Photos courtesy of Chico Garvis Three times a week, the skies over Bentsen Grove Resort in Mission are taken over–somewhat–by drones. In 2015, Chico Garvis and two other men organized a drone enthusiast group. In its first year, they used small, inexpensive drones, but a Black Friday sale the following year…
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